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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO<br/>
<span class=large>ST MATTHEW</span>
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CHAPTER 12
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Jesus proclaims himself Lord of the Sabbath and heals thereon—He is accused of casting out devils by Beelzebub—He speaks of blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, and says an evil and adulterous generation seeks signs.
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At</span> that time Jesus went on the <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="John 5: 9.">sabbath</a> day through the <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/12/1b" mark="b" type="P" title="GR grain.">corn</a>; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/12/1c" mark="c" type="A" title="Deut. 23: 25.">ears</a> of corn, and to eat.
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But when the Pharisees saw <i>it,</i> they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
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But he said unto them, Have ye not <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/3a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Teaching Mode of.">read</a> what <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/12/3b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Sam. 21: 6 (3-6).">David</a> did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
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How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/4a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Bread, Shewbread.">shewbread</a>, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
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Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="Num. 28: 9 (9-10).">sabbath</a> days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
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But I say unto you, That in this place is <i>one</i> greater than the <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Temple.">temple</a>.
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But if ye had known what <i>this</i> meaneth, I will have <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Hosea 6: 6.">mercy</a>, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
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For the Son of man is Lord even of the <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/8a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Sabbath.">sabbath</a> day.
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And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:
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&#182; And, behold, there was a man which had <i>his</i> hand withered.  And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days?  that they might accuse him.
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And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift <i>it</i> out?
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How much then is a man better than a sheep?  Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
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Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand.  And he stretched <i>it</i> forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.
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&#182; Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
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But <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/15a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Matt. 12: 13  . . .  Jesus knew when they took counsel, and he withdrew  . . .">when</a> Jesus knew <i>it,</i> he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
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And charged them that they should not make him known:
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That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 42: 1-3.">Esaias</a> the prophet, saying.
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Behold my <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/18a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR son.">servant</a>, whom I have <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/12/18b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Authority of.">chosen</a>; my <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/12/18c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Witness of the Father.">beloved</a>, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
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He shall not strive, nor <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/19a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR cry for help.">cry</a>; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
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A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 52: 11.">judgment</a> unto victory.
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And in his <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/21a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Taking the Name of; TG Name.">name</a> shall the <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/12/21b" mark="b" type="Q" title="GR nations; 2 Ne. 10: 18 (9, 11, 18).">Gentiles</a> trust.
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&#182; Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
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And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/23a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Davidic Descent of.">David</a>?
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But when the Pharisees heard <i>it,</i> they said, This <i>fellow</i> doth not cast out devils, but by <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/24a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 1: 2 (2-6).">Beelzebub</a> the prince of the devils.
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And Jesus knew their <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/25a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 139: 2; Luke 11: 17; John 2: 25; Mosiah 24: 12; D&C 6: 16.">thoughts</a>, and said unto them, Every <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/12/25b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Governments.">kingdom</a> divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
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And if <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/26a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Spirits, Evil.">Satan</a> cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
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And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast <i>them</i> out?  therefore they shall be your judges.
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But if I cast out <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/28a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Devil.">devils</a> by the <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/12/28b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG God, Spirit of.">Spirit</a> of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/12/28c" mark="c" type="H" title="JST Matt. 12: 23 For they also cast out devils by the Spirit of God, for unto them is given power over devils, that they may cast them out.">you</a>.
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Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/29a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR plunder.">spoil</a> his goods, except he first bind the strong man?  and then he will spoil his house.
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He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/30a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mark 9: 40; Luke 9: 50; 2 Ne. 10: 16.">with</a> me scattereth abroad.
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&#182; Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/31a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Matt. 12: 26  . . .  unto men who receive me and repent; but  . . .">unto</a> men: but the <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/12/31b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Blasphemy; TG Holy Ghost, Unpardonable Sin against.">blasphemy</a> <i>against</i> the <i>Holy</i> Ghost shall <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/12/31c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Holy Ghost, Loss of.">not</a> be forgiven unto men.
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And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/32a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Death, Spiritual, Second; TG Forgiveness.">forgiven</a> him, neither in this world, neither in the <i>world</i> to come.
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Either make the tree good, and his <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/33a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 7: 17 (16-20); 3 Ne. 14: 20 (17-20).">fruit</a> good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by <i>his</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/12/33b" mark="b" type="A" title="Moro. 7: 16 (5-19).">fruit</a>.
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O <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/34a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 3: 7; Matt. 23: 33; D&C 121: 23.">generation</a> of vipers, how can ye, being evil, <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/12/34b" mark="b" type="A" title="Luke 6: 45; James 3: 10 (10-12).">speak</a> good things?  for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
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A good man out of the good <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/35a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Treasure.">treasure</a> of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/12/35b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Evil.">evil</a> things.
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But I say unto you, That every <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/36a" mark="a" type="A" title="Eccl. 5: 2; Eph. 5: 4.">idle</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/12/36b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Gossip.">word</a> that men shall <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/12/36c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Profanity.">speak</a>, they shall give <sup>d</sup><a href="matt/12/36d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Accountability.">account</a> thereof in the day of <sup>e</sup><a href="matt/12/36e" mark="e" type="C" title="Alma 11: 43 (43-44); TG Judgment, The Last.">judgment</a>.
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For by thy <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/37a" mark="a" type="A" title="Prov. 18: 21.">words</a> thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
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&#182; Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/38a" mark="a" type="A" title="John 6: 30.">sign</a> from thee.
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But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/39a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Miracles; TG Sign Seekers; TG Signs.">sign</a>; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
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For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/40a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Death of; TG Jesus Christ, Types of, in Anticipation.">three</a> days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
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The men of <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/41a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jonah 3: 5.">Nineveh</a> shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/12/41b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Repentance.">repented</a> at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas <i>is</i> here.
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The <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/42a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 10: 1 (1-10).">queen</a> of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon <i>is</i> here.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/43a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Matt. 12: 37-38 (Appendix).">When</a> the <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/12/43b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Uncleanness.">unclean</a> spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
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Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth <i>it</i> empty, swept, and garnished.
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Then goeth <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/45a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Matt. 12: 39  . . .  the evil spirit, and taketh  . . .">he</a>, and taketh with himself seven other <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/12/45b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Spirits, Evil or Unclean.">spirits</a> more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/12/45c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Apostasy of Individuals."><i>state</i></a> of that man is <sup>d</sup><a href="matt/12/45d" mark="d" type="A" title="Alma 24: 30.">worse</a> than the first.  Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
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&#182; While he yet talked to the people, behold, <i>his</i> mother and his <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/46a" mark="a" type="C" title="John 7: 3 (3, 5, 10); 1 Cor. 9: 5; TG Jesus Christ, Family of.">brethren</a> stood <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/12/46b" mark="b" type="P" title="GR outside.">without</a>, desiring to speak with him.
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Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
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But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother?  and who are my brethren?
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And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/49a" mark="a" type="C" title="Mosiah 5: 7; TG Marriage, Motherhood.">mother</a> and my brethren!
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For whosoever shall do the <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/12/50a" mark="a" type="C" title="Mark 3: 35; TG God, Will of.">will</a> of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/12/50b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Brotherhood and Sisterhood.">brother</a>, and sister, and mother.
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